One Step closer to Sly :)

[outsider82]

Hey guys,

Well yesterday I decided that i would take the next step in the process and Buzz to a #1. Can I say that my first reaction as i started to shave my head was WTF!. I had this feeling of dread as I did it. I don't know if it was a mixture of a fear of stuffing it up or what others reactions would be. Now that i think about it it was more fear of stuffing it up.

I'll post a picture tonight once I'm near my digital camera.

Out.

[SLYinKC]

Hey outsider, I remember having that same reaction the first time I started to shave. It made me stop what I was doing and I just trimmed it closer.  I regretted that decision the next couple of days, so the next time that I got up the nerve to try it I made sure that I made a good clean swipe up the middle with the razor so that there was no turning back.  That was a little over 3 months ago and I have never looked back.  I think you'll have the same reaction.  Best of luck.

[outsider82]

I like the feeling of the hair so short, it is a very different feeling of having it at #2.

I live in Sydney and we have a fairly large mountain range on the western side of the Metro area. I went to visit a friend up there last night and it is much colder than Sydney is in Winter. I was quite surprised how much of a difference that one Guard size is in terms of temperature.

As an incentive I went out and also purchased a headblade. They finally sell them in Australia for those reading this from australia they sell them at Priceline and The Shaver Shop.  I will hang onto it as a reminder of my overall  goal.

[Timmay]

Hey outsider..thats cool...but wait until you start to use the headblade. I guarentee you once you use it...you will be using it forever!  YOu will be married to it.  You wil not want to leave home without it!  Your finger will have this little impression on it where you use the headblade constantly !  LOL
Hey its cool....just do it when you are ready....but we all cant wait to see you sly!@
See ya bro
Tim

[outsider82]

Well guys, as promised.

I've since noticed that i have a shiny scalp even with the hair.

Here is the latest pic, this is with my glasses this time.

Out

[Paul]

That really looks great out, you are gonna rock the sly.    Think about keeping that beard when you shave too!

[Johannes]

Hello Out, Thanks for posthing this pic.
Your head wil looks perfect when its shaved.
Feel free with a shaved head.
Next pic with a shaved head?

Johannes

[outsider82]

Hello Out, Thanks for posthing this pic.
Your head wil looks perfect when its shaved.
Feel free with a shaved head.
Next pic with a shaved head?

Johannes

I've not seen many friends of family. I did have a chat with a friend of mine the other night and i mentioned to him that I want to shave my head. He said that people wouldn't care since i already have my hair really short.

I think my next step will either be #0 or razored.

I'll tell you about a interesting experience i had this evening.
I went to the IMAX cinema this evening to watch the new Harry potter movie in 3D. I noticed another sly guy in the lobby. Once inside he was sitting a few rows infront of me, while the movie was showing i looked down at his head. It was like a mirror reflecting the picture on the screen. I dont know how he got his head so shiny.

What do you guys think about the beard/glasses? I have the option of contact lenses.

Out

[Johannes]

The look with glasses and the beard as in your last pic with a shaved head gives you a hot look.
Glasses looks beter on you than contact lensses with your head shaved

[Tyler]

Hey Out,  play with your look when you shave your head down all the way.  Have some fun with trying out new looks as you never know what will be that look you just love to rock.  I never thought of growing a goatee but tried it out one day after I had grown a full beard while camping.  I would have never known that it was a good look for me if I hadn't tried it out.

[Stu]

Hey Out, I agree with Tyler.  Try things out; play around.  I think you could pull off the beard and glasses, and probably a lot of other looks.  I think the trim beard looks best like you have it.  Look forward to your next pics.

[outsider82]

Hey guys thanks for the responses. I know this is slightly off topic but i'll shoot it out anyway.

I sometimes get this thought in my head that the MPB isn't happening to me. I'll look in the mirror (escpecially now) and think to myself that there is still hair where the thinning is occuring. Perhaps that i'm just imagining the hairloss. Like the other day I had a hand mirror and was in the bathroom looking at the crown of my head after I buzzed it to #1. I though to myself "it doesn't look like it's showing yet." yet at other times especially when the hair was longer was blindingly obvious that the hair was thinning and going to eventually receed to what my father has today.

I think the worst part of MPB is waiting for it to happen. That is why I chose to try out wet shaving my head. Appart from the cool look it provides.

Don't mind me i'm just having pre-sly nervousness.

Out.

PS. my scalp is naturally shinny in turns out 

[BALDANDRE]

Looks good bro...don't sweat taking it down to the skin, you'll love and look great!

Thanks for posting the pics!

[outsider82]

Well guys.

I went to work this week and i've only had two comments about the trim. One was "Hi Baldy". The other one was from my boss. He said, "[the topic at hand] is enough to pull your hair out, not that you have any to pull out."   

I am surprised how little everyone cared.

Whats the difference in days between a buzz 0 and 1?

Out

[Paul]

Whats the difference in days between a buzz 0 and 1?

Out

While each of us has hair that grows at different rates, it only takes me about 4-5 days to go from 0 to 1, Out.